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EMMY NOMINATED SERIES directed by and starring Steve Buscemi is back for a second season!!! Park Bench is a local's take on the special people, places, and spirit of New York City. Through unscripted moments with average New Yorkers and Steve's celeb friends, Buscemi takes viewers on a funny, first-hand journey/misadventure, told in his unique voice.

Journey to the Draft is an organic, unscripted, docu-series that follows three college football players, all with promising professional careers. These young men attend different schools across the country and play a variety of positions on the field, but at the end of the day they share one goal:to play in the NFL. The AOL docu-series follows players Leonard Williams, Kevin White and Marcus Peters.

Connected features the personal stories of six New Yorkers woven together into one of the most intimate series ever. This groundbreaking show changes the nature of storytelling by giving each character a camera to document their lives. The result is a unique format revealing as different as everyone appears to be, we are all universally Connected.

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"Stricly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly and The Saturdays' Rochelle Humes talk to mums about their experiences of being mum. Whether the daughter of a Rolling Stone, in one of the most famous girl bands the world has ever known, or a parent coping with disability as well as family life, each mother in Being Mum shows that the feelings, challenges and rewards of motherhood are universal no matter the surroundings you find yourself in."

Jews and Money. Asian Drivers. Polish IQ. CPT… that's racist! But where do these stereotypes come from? Comedian Mike Epps explores the backstories of this humor and how history and fact often distorts into a snide – but sometimes funny – shorthand.

"INSPIRED" features celebrities, visionaries and some of the biggest newsmakers of our generation, recounting the stories behind their biggest, life-changing moments of inspiration.

In a compelling series of verite encounters, Win Win provides unique access into the minds and lives of the world’s most-celebrated entrepreneurs and athletes.

Explore what it means to be human as we rush head first into the future through the eyes, creativity, and mind of Tiffany Shlain, acclaimed filmmaker and speaker, founder of The Webby Awards, mother, constant pusher of boundaries and one of Newsweek’s “women shaping the 21st Century.”

Nicole Richie brings her unfiltered sense of humor and unique perspective to life in a new series based on her irreverent twitter feed. The show follows the outspoken celebrity as she shares her perspective on style, parenting, relationships and her journey to adulthood.

Comedy is hard, but teaching comedy to children is hilariously difficult. Kevin Nealon is giving the challenge to some world-famous comedians. As these young minds meet with comedy’s best, get ready to learn some valuable comedy lessons, and to laugh!

James Franco loves movies. He loves watching them, acting in them, directing them, and even writing them. And now, he’s going to take some of his favorite movie scenes from the most famous films of all time, and re-imagine them in ways that only James can.

The story of punk rock singer Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! who came out as a woman in 2012, and other members of the trans community whose experiences are woefully underrepresented and misunderstood in the media.

SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 14, 20141. Various of protestAP IMAGES - AP CLIENTS ONLYJennings, Missouri - August 11, 20142. Still photo of Michael Brown Sr. holding up a son of his son Michael Brown who was shotAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 14, 20143. SOUNDBITE (English) Orlando Watson, Resident of University City, Missouri (transcript below)4. Various of protestABC POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYSt. Louis, Missouri - August 14, 20145. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Jay Nixon, (D) Missouri (transcript below)AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 14, 20146. Various of protestAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 9, 2014++night shots++7. Various of unrest following shooting, military-style police vehiclesAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 14, 20148. Various of protestAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYNew York - August 14, 20149. People chanting with t-shirts that say 'the system has the future for the youth'AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington - August 14, 201410. Shot of peaceful protest/vigil in Washington, DCAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYFerguson, Missouri - August 14, 201411. Various of protestSTORYLINE:(NATS)AS NIGHT FELL ON YET ANOTHER DAY OF PROTEST IN FERGUSON MISSOURI - A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE FROM DAYS PAST.(NATS)PROTESTERS WALKING IN SOME CASES SIDE BY SIDE WITH POLICE (NATS)PEACEFULLY CHANTING AND MARCHING… (NATS)A SCENE FUELED BY THE DEATH OF MICHAEL BROWN WHO WAS SHOT BY A FERGUSON POLICE OFFICER SATURDAY.SOUNDBITE (English) Orlando Watson, Resident of University City, Missouri "this movement is long overdue. st. louis has had racial tension for quite some time. PUBLIC OUTCRY HAS RAGED ON IN THE DAYS SINCE BROWN'S DEATH - BUT THURSDAY NIGHT.. THERE WERE NO POLICE IN RIOT GEAR.. NO TEAR GAS OR ARMORED VEHICLES.SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Jay Nixon, (D) Missouri"it's a diverse community - a Missouri family. Lately, it's looked like a war zone."THE CHANGE COMES AS MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON ORDERED THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL TO TAKE OVER POLICING OF THE PROTEST.(NATS)SCENES OF MILITARY-STYLE REACTION FROM LOCAL POLICE PROMPTING OUTRAGE FROM AS FAR UP THE RANKS AS ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER.(NATS)ON THURSDAY PROTESTERS CRIED OUT FOR JUSTICE.. AND AN END TO WHAT THEY SAY IS A CULTURE OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND POLICE BRUTALITY TOWARD THE LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY.A CAULDRON OF FRUSTRATION THAT HAS NOW OVERFLOWED TO OTHER CITIES.(NATS)VIGILS AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEW YORK.. WASHINGTON.. ALABAMA AND ELSEWHERE HELD IN SUPPORT OF MICHAEL BROWN AND *ALL* VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY.IN A SMALL CITY OF 21-THOUSAND WHERE MANY RESIDENT ONCE THOUGHT NOONE HAD THEIR BACK - A NATION NOW STANDS READY TO STAND BEHIND ITS CAUSE.ROBERT BUMSTED.. ASSOCIATED PRESS.